Meaning of maiden | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
2. The constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo.
3. A surname.
4. A girl or an unmarried young woman.
   literary
5. girl, female equivalent of niño
6. Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band from England.
7. A female virgin.
   archaic
8. pupil
9. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
   dialectal, obsolete
10. maiden (virgin)
11. A maidservant.
12. A clothes maiden.
13. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
    archaic
14. A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
15. A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
16. A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
    historical
17. A maiden over.
18. A machine for washing linen.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“She's unmarried and still a maiden.”

“As for that ſaid ſire Bors I wille be ſhryuen with a good wylle / Soo ſyr Bors was confeſſyd / and for al wymmen ſir Bors was a vyrgyne / ſauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and ſauf for her ſyre Bors was a clene mayden[…]”

As for that, said Sir Bors, I will be shriven with a good will. So Sir Bors was confessed, and for all women Sir Bors was a virgin, save for one, that was the daughter of King Brangoris, and with her he begat a child that hight Elaine, and save for her Sir Bors was a clean maiden.

“It had been customary during the whole civil war, to decapitate state criminals by the instrument called the maiden; but Montrose was condemned to a more ignominious death , by a gibbet thirty feet high”

“[…] different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.”

“The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.”

“"'Tis the simplest thing in the world, sir," said Sheridan. "Virgo, the Maiden, follows Leo, the Lion, in society, as well as in the Zodiac."”

“In the top left-hand corner was the emblem of the company - a young woman holding up an ear of corn. The stranger had given him the Sign of the Maiden!”

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